Category Archives: Design

Google Webfont Loader Now in Plugin format. The issue with web fonts is that they can sometimes block the page render, especially on mobile devices. This issue stems from the rendering path. As a website is trying to download resources it may get hung up trying to download a bunch of webfont libraries. Often you […]

Setting up WordPress & Underscores on a Local Environment Before we begin getting into our theme build we should first go over a few prerequisites, namely: Setting up a local environment Downloading and setting up WordPress Downloading and understanding the starter theme ‘Underscores’ Installing and setting up Bootstrap Let’s get started. Setting up a local […]

How to create a one-page theme for WordPress Update: I have recently changed the WP_Query function featured in this posting. The original function would query pages by specific names, i.e “Masthead” or “Start”. This proved to be inflexible, and in practice provided a poor user experience. For instance, if a user wanted to label their […]

How to turn a PSD into a One-Page Theme for WordPress I always wondered how to create a one page theme. It seemed like an easy endeavour at first but then I started to realize a few features that were important for a one page theme. Sure, anyone could just hard code a long list of […]